Wolves rally, take shootout

Posted December 12, 2008 10:00 pm

Special to the Daily Herald

DES MOINES, Iowa - The Chicago Wolves, down 2-0 in the first period, fought back for a 3-2 shootout vitory over the Iowa Chops at Wells Fargo Arena on Friday night.

Jeff Hamilton and Junior Lessard each converted in the shootout for the Wolves, while goaltender Robert Gherson stopped 4 of 5 shots in the shootout.

Joe Motzko and Riley Holzapfel scored the Wolves' goals in regulation.

Iowa made it 1-0 at 5:55 of the first period when Ryan Dingle took a pass from Andrew Ebbett and sent a one-timer through traffic that beat Gherson top shelf.

The Chops went up 2-0 at 10:41 of the first when Drew Miller tipped a rebound past Gherson on the power play.

Gherson (5-2-0) turned back 22 of 24 shots during regulation and overtime.

The Wolves cut their deficit to 2-1 with a Motzko goal against goaltender David LeNeveu on the power play at 16:37 of the first period.

Holzapfel made it 2-2 just 41 seconds later after redirecting a shot from Spencer Machacek past LeNeveu.

LeNeveu (8-7-0) made 31 saves.

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